Ironing machine



'March y 10. 1925.

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Filed Nov. 8, 1919A along in contact with the ironingsurface 18 of theshoe 17 whenV the feed roller is pressed against the/shoe. The body por-Vvtion of the'rolleritself is preferably built Vup of strips 22 ofwoodsuitably glued to# gether, and at each end a metal ycap 23 is 'slippedover a Vreduced portion 24 of the roll and is secured thereto by screws25, see

Y Figure 6. The cap has a hole bored in its center and atrunnion 26projects from said hole, being driven'tightly in place and havingvaninner head `to prevent its escape.

' This'methodof fittinga cap over a reduced portion. of the body o ftheroll, which can ybe turned atthe same time as' the roll itself,

results'in the trunnions 26 being central and in alinement Vwithout Vanytrouble or pains.

' Y The presser roll -is mounted by means of said ltrunnion's26,26 inthe forwardly and( upwardly inclined arms 27,27 of bell-,crank Vlevers28, 28 which are fulcrumed one-,on veach side V4frame of the machinejustbelow the shoe 17, as at 29, 44. VThe points vof "fulcruming Aof l thebell-cranks are so disposed that when they are swung the Apresser rollis carried along substantially a radial line of the curved ironingsurface 18 and Y v `thus moveddirectly toward and away from said ironingsurface.

ylrhe lowerarms 30 of the .bell-cranks 28 extend downward one vclose toeach side-frame at the inner side thereof. and passing through openingsin c the middle board 12 have forked lower extremities 31 which receivepins on the upper 35,

ends ofarms 32, 32 fast on a rock shaft 33 y extending longitudinally ofthe machine'and journaled in suitable cross pieces 34 near .the lowerends of the side frames.

At about the middle of said shaft 33 is a forwardly )projecting arm35'which is connected by means of a sti helical spring 36 to a treadle`37 fulcrumed upon theV rear lower angle ,bar

Y :5, of the Amachine andprojecting under the 1 front angle bar- 4toreceive the foot of the operator as `at 38. Obviously by these means thepresser :roll 21can beswung toward the i" heated ironing shoe 17, and aspring L39 for the vpurpose stated.v

suitably disposed, as for example extending from thelower end of one ofthe bell-cranks 30 to the rear ,edge of its adjacent side frame,

serves to `normally.hold it away from the ironing shoe in idlevposition,as shown in Figure 2. To enable the presserroll 21 tol be locked in`various postions adjacent to the ironing shoe 17, to accommodatedifferent thicknesses of articles vbeing ironed, I

vhave provided a vstirrup k40 depending from the frontrangle bar '4 forthe treadle 38v to i move up and downY in andhaving upon one of itssides stops 41, 41 `under which the treadle'fmayfbe caught at differentheights Inl order to rotate the. 'presserY roll 21 :one

Yofts trunnions 26fl1as`fast upon its end n outside Voneof-'they sideframes, as yfor, ex-

ample the side frame l2, agear wheel 42 y which meshes with a pinion 43turning upon rear upright of said side frame. A similar extension plate53 reaching to the top of the side frame affords a bearing for the stubshaft 44, and a broad bracket 54 onthe outside of said plate affordsanother bearing for its outer' end, as well asguards the wormwheel 45and pinion 43. The bottom Vofthis bracket furthermore is of `a box-likeformation to receive the worm. 46 and provides at its front wall abearing for the end of the worm shaft 47 and at its rear wall receives abushing for said shaft, held in place by a set screw'56. Y

Y By reasonjof the Ypinion 43 which drives the roll 21 being upon thesame Vaxial line as the bell-cranks 28 which swing the roll, it

is obvious that the roll can be swung without disturbing its drive, thegear-wheel 42' simply rolling along the periphery of theV pinion 43. v

Front and rear leaves 57, 58 slide removably into the same plane as thecenter board 12 of the lower table which receives the ironed'goods asthey come from between the roll 21 and shoey 17 ysaid leaves beingsupported .by cleats, 57?, 58a respectively, which enterabove the anglebars 6, 6 and beneath the center boa-rd 12. vBy thisv construction,

the side Aframes as has. been already described, the side frames areenabled to be continuous so that the roll 21 andfits, driv-k ing partscan be accurately lined `up with respect to the motor y50 below.

VUpon thefront edge. of the upper part of one of the sideframes, as 1,"between the A and the mounting of the center board upon Y two tables,are lugs 59, 59between which is hinged a removable pin 6() a socketmember 61 for a clothes rail 62 which willthus swlng intoclosed positionasshownjin Figc ure 4 or open outward for vuse as shown'in Figures 2 and3'. 'A hole 63 in the feed board 15 in alinement with thepin`60`facilitates its removal and-insertion. v f i Obviously, variousdetail modifications and changes may be made in manufacturing my skilledin the artl without departing from the spirit and' scope lof theinvention, Vand 'I do not wish to be understood as restricting improved-roningv machine byV those myself except as requiredby the following cclaims when construed in lthe' light of the prior art.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim is:

1. In an ironing machine, the combination with a shoe, of a presserroll, a rotary member for driving said roll, a bell crank fulcrumed uponthe axial line of said rotary member, said presser roll beingmountedupon one arm of said bell crank, a rock shaft having a crank armdirectly engaging the other arm of said bell crank lever to swing thesame, and a treadle connected to said rock shaft to rotate the same.

2. In an ironing machine, the combination of opposite upright endframes, a lever adjacent each end frame fulcrumed to swing in a planeparallel thereto and having one arm projecting upward and theI other armextending downward longitudinally of the end frame to swing back andforth horizontally between the front and back of said end frame, a rockshaft journaled in said side frames below the lower arms of said levers,upwardly extending crank arms on said rock shaft having slot-andspinconnections with a said lower arms of the levers, a forwardly of themachine, and a verticallyl disposed coiled s ring connecting thefree endof said forwar ly extending arm on the rock shaft board and clamping thelatter in place, said f cross bars being spaced from said board, and aremovable table leaf having at one lateral edge projecting cleatsadapted tobe inserted over one of said cross bars and beneath said tableboard.

4. In an ironing machine", opposite vertical end frames each having atits inner side a horizontal rib, a table board resting at its ends uponsaid ribs, means for holding said table board against said ribs, crossbars connecting the end frames beneath the table board and secured tothe under side of said ribs in spaced relation to said board, `and aremovable tableileaf having at one lateral edge projecting cleatsadapted to be inserted between one of said cross bars andv the tableboard.

MILTON E. WINANS. t

